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Category: Autre
mise à jour avec succès: 7 avr. 2021
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Les événements
1640: Jesuit missionaires got first contact with Cree groups in the west of James Bay, Canada.1670: Fur trading outposts are set up, Cree people were very successful in it after their migration there. Over time, more Cree people were staying at the posts, doing hunting and working other jobs.1670+: Cree people started getting involved with the schools, churches and nursing stations.1785-1885: Transforming from hunters and trappers into bison hunters and horse riding warriors in a huge success.1700-1780+: Migration to the Plains (between southern Manitoba in Canada and the Missisippi River in the US).1880: The fall of bison herds due to the government policies. First Nations were forced to surrender their land with treaties by the Canadian government. Plains Cree and other horse-cultured nations were over. They relocated to the reserves, where they resorted to ranching, farming, casual labour.1970: the James Bay & Northern Québec Agreement is negotiated due to the exploitation (mass extraction) of natural resources that affected their communities.The agreement gave the baby steps for self-government. It also gave special rights for fishing and hunting. Even a whopping $225 million in compensations in return of some land.This resulted in a series of different agreements that favour the Cree communities. They happened over time after the first agreement.2007: the Rights of Indigenous Peoples negotiations with United Nations2012-2013: Idle No More movement had began by Theresa Spence. Its purpose is to seek development into these communities and get connections to non-aboriginal people.2015: Amount of people living in community reserves isn't so common anymore.James Bay and Plains areas have high amount of people living in reserve. James Bay Cree had 83% living in reserves, and 96% in Whapmagoostui (northern Cree village in Québec, Canada)1600s: Cree gets its name from the first ever member found in south of James Bay by French explorers.1960s: Mass resource extraction by Québec, James Bay Cree was affected.2002: The Cree and the Government of Québec signs Agreement Concerning A New Relationship, which is a nation to nation economic agreement about landmark.1986: The Great Whale Project is announced by The Québec government. The project would cause 3,500 km worth of floods onto the Cree and other areas. It was cancelled in 1994 due to the protests of the Cree in 1991.
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